Werdnig, Guido
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Werdnig,
Guido, Austrian neurologist, 1862-1919. Werdnig-Hoffmann muscular atrophy - progressive dysfunction of the anterior horn cells in the spinal cord and brainstem cranial nerves, with profound weakness and bulbar dysfunction. Synonym(s):
infantile spinal muscular atrophy;
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